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by scudco 6403 days ago
I hope no one gave him this cliche as literal advice as he mentions in the first section. The first time I heard this cliche the first thought that popped into my head was, "That's a fun way to describe why programmers are always 'thinking out' ways to make tasks more 'efficient and maintainable.'"

I'm curious to know how other people understood this cliche when they first heard it.